Born in the Dominican Republic

I grew up with my mom, my dad and my older brother, and we moved around a lot: Florida, California, then Connecticut. I got really good at being the new kid.

Learning from people who work in the business

I trained in theatre, film and TV with directors, coaches and professors who are working professionals. This is who taught me:

• Cady HuffmanTony Award winner for The Producers, and an actor, director and instructor at Western Connecticut State University.
• Sal TrapaniProfessor of Theatre Arts at WCSU. A director, writer and composer with an MFA from USC, and a member of SAG-AFTRA and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
• Matt NewtonActor, acting coach and film director with TV credits like Criminal Minds. He teaches acting for the camera.
• Chris BolanFilm and theatre director who teaches acting and voice and diction at WCSU.
• Pamela McDanielProfessor at WCSU and coordinator of its BFA Acting program.
• John Hickok and Tim HowardWCSU faculty. John teaches Meisner technique, and Tim coordinates the musical theatre program.
• Jonathan YukichCoordinator of Theater Arts at the University of New Haven, with an MFA from Indiana University. An award-winning playwright and director.
• Margaret SavilonisAssociate professor and theater coordinator at the University of New Haven, with a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dancing since 2004

I've trained in musical theatre, jazz, ballet, contemporary and modern, with performers and choreographers who've worked at the top level:

• Jennifer TurreyFormer Radio City Rockette who toured the country and the world in 42nd Street.
• Mary Ann LambChoreographer and assistant choreographer on FX's Fosse/Verdon. She has danced in City Center's Encores! series.
• Diana Dart HarrisMore than 30 years choreographing musical theatre, plus 19 years with New Haven Ballet. She wrote the textbook Beginning Musical Theatre Dance.
• Claire AltamuraCo-founder of the Bethel Conservatory of the Arts.
• Lisa Norona and Julie McDonaldMaster classes in musical theatre dance and tap.

Performing and choreographing

I've played Rachel in Season's Greetings, Iris, Hunger, Narrator and Therapist in Metamorphoses, and Aphrodite in Jenny Rogers. I also choreograph, and I was assistant choreographer on Allegro and Marat/Sade. More on the Work page.

Trumbull, Connecticut

Currently exploring opportunities in film, television and directing.

Offstage, I'm into gaming, photography and watching Dancing with the Stars with friends.

P.S. Still available to play Black Cat. Just saying.